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Posted September 10, 2010:

• Mental Health Leaves Most Costly Disability to Canadian Employers, Study Finds

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Designing Your Own Workspace Improves Health, Happiness and Productivity

Posted August 31, 2010:

• Hourly Workforce Carries Burden During Recession; Workers' Challenges Likely to Remain After Recovery

Posted August 30, 2010:

• Workers Rate Safety Most Important Workplace Issue in New Labor Day Study

Posted August 29, 2010:

• Payday Proximity Changes Consumer Motives and Behavior

Posted August 26, 2010:

• Genome Comparison of Ants Establishes New Model Species for Molecular Research
• Genomes of Two Ant Species Sequenced: Clues to Their Extraordinary Social Behavior

Posted August 20, 2010:

• Street Outreach Workers an Important Tool for Violence Prevention and Intervention

Posted August 18, 2010:

• Workplace Wellness Plan Saves Money Over the Long-Term, New Study Shows

Posted August 17, 2010:

• Passing in the Night: Examining Work Schedules, Gender and Marital Quality

Posted August 13, 2010:

• Happy Employees May Be the Key to Success for Organizations

Posted August 2, 2010:

• Generation Gaps at Work Not Just About Age, Study Says

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Customers Less Tolerant of Employee Rudeness Than Incompetence
• Study Describes Health Effects of Occupational Exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Workers

Posted July 19, 2010:

• Seasonal Influenza Immunization Rates Among Health-Care Workers

Posted July 14, 2010:

• Who's Queen? Insulin Signaling Key to Caste Development in Bees

Posted July 1, 2010:

• Spanish Public-Sector Workers Complain Most About Their Work Environment, Study Finds

Posted June 30, 2010:

• Elusive Ant Queen Pheromone Tracked Down

Posted June 17, 2010:

• Education Matters: Women With College Degrees More Likely to Have Health Insurance
• Smoking Cigarettes Is a Predictor of Rheumatoid Arthritis and May Negatively Impact on Efficacy of Anti-TNFs

Posted June 15, 2010:

• Faster Employees May Indirectly Motivate Colleagues to Increase Production

Posted May 19, 2010:

• The Making of a Queen: Road to Royalty Begins Early in Paper Wasps

Posted May 11, 2010:

• Caffeine Reduces Mistakes Made by Shift Workers, Study Finds

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Do We Want a Kind of Work That Doesn't Ruin Our Lives?

Posted April 27, 2010:

• Rural to Urban Migration Associated With Increased Obesity and Diabetes Risk in India

Posted March 25, 2010:

• Surgical Masks Provided Effective Protection of Health-Care Workers Against H1N1, Study Suggests

Posted March 18, 2010:

• Looming Unemployment Harms Older Workers' Health

Posted February 25, 2010:

• Plotting and Treachery in Ant Royal Families

Posted February 17, 2010:

• Don't Criticize Your Employees in Front of Consumers: It's Bad for Business

Posted February 16, 2010:

• Review Highlights Health Benefits of Flexible Working Arrangements: Blood Pressure, Sleep and Mental Health Improve

Posted January 28, 2010:

• Mandatory Policy Boosts Influenza Vaccination Rate Among Health Care Workers

Posted January 12, 2010:

• Little Dust Risk for New York Subway Workers

Posted December 17, 2009:

• Shift Working Aggravates Metabolic Syndrome Development Among Middle-Aged Males

Posted December 10, 2009:

• Hourly Employees Happier Than Salaried

Posted November 1, 2009:

• Sleep Disturbances Improve After Retirement

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Web-Based Nutrition Program Reduces Health Care Costs For Employees With Cardiac Risk Factors

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Analysis Of Congressional Health Reform Bills Highlights Similarities, Differences, Costs

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Extra Care For Outwardly Healthy Workers Costs Companies Millions Annually

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Older Workers Spend Less On Necessities And Health Care
• Older Workers Are The Healthy 'Survivors' Of The Workplace

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Managers' Hiring Practices Vary By Race And Ethnicity, Study Finds

Posted September 18, 2009:

• Seasonal Influenza: Not Enough Healthcare Workers Have Themselves Vaccinated, German Study Finds

Posted September 9, 2009:

• Worker Bees In 'Reproductive Class War' With Queen, New Research Discovers
• Small Businesses Would See Lower Costs, More Comprehensive Coverage From Health Reform

Posted September 7, 2009:

• Recession? What Recession? Unionization Up On State, Local Levels

Posted August 27, 2009:

• Job Insecurity Leads To Health Problems In US Workers

Posted August 26, 2009:

• Employee’s Loyalty To Workplace Damaged By Unfair Treatment

Posted August 20, 2009:

• City Dwellers Bear Disproportionate Federal Tax Burden, Study Finds
• Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums Projected To Double By 2020

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Retirees' Health-Care Benefits At Risk, Study Warns

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